Pump-supporting bracket



May 26, 1925.

H. M. SUNNES PUMP SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed Jan. 14, 1925 Patented May Et, 1925a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. SUNNES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FORCE PUMP COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PUMP-SUPPORTING BRACKET.

Application led January 14, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY M. SUNNES, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pump- Supporting Brackets, set forth in the following specilication.

My invention is a bracket 'for a hand pump, and has for its object the provision of means by which a pump designed to be supported in the ordinary manner upon a 'foune dation, may have its entire support on the suction pipe to which it is attached.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevation, with parts broken away; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

rIhe pump l0 is of the oscillating piston type, and is operated by reciprocating the handle 11 on the center l2. On the lower part oil' the pump case is a boss 13 by which the pump is secured to the intake pipe 14 by screw threads in the ordinary manner. At 15 are legs by which the pump is secured to a 'foundation or support.

The it'orm of pump here .illustrated has recently found considerable service in the 'way oil pumping gasoline vfrom underground reservoirs for sale to the automobile public. For the purpose of avoiding the construction ot a special foundation 'for the pump, it is desirable lo support the pump directly upon and solely by the pipe connecting the pump to the reservoir. But this `term of pump is operated by lateral strains applied to the handle 11, andL not by central vertical thrusts. `W hen the pump is secured solely by-being screwed upon the end of pipe 14, these lateral strains cause a bending action at the threaded connection in boss 13, and this in turn causes leak at this point.

Serial No. 2,399.

To overcome this difliculty I have devised a bracket 16 which I mount upon the pipe, and I provide this bracket with flanges 17 to match the legs 15. The legs 15 and flanges 17 are then secured together by bolts 18, and the bracket is secured in place on the pipe by set screws 19.

AS thus arranged, the strain put upon the pump is conveyed to the legs designed to withstand such strains, and this strain is then conveyed to the bracket supported upon the pipe at a considerable distance below the connection at boss 13. As a consequence, while the pump is supported upon the pipe, no strain is put on the pipe at any point near where it is likely to leak.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a. pump subjected to lateral strains, and a suction pipe connected to the pump, of a bracket secured to the pipe at a distance from the connection between pipe and pump, said bracket being supported by the pipe and secured to the pump so that strains applied to the pump will be conveyed to the pipe at a distance from the connection between pipe and pump.

2. The combination with a pump having legs by which it may be supported on any suitable foundation, and a suction pipe connected to the pump, oi a bracket mounted upon and secured to the pipe at a distance from the connection between pump and pipe, said bracket having' flanges connected to the legs of the pump so that the pump will be supported on the pipe but the strains applied to the pump will be conveyed thru its legs to a part ot the pipe removed from the normal connection between pump and pipe.

HENRY M. SUNNES. 

